One of the ways I learn is to teach. My students ask questions I can't answer and challenge me to solve problems I never considered. At times I'll do what I consider an extension of teaching; a two-day Customer Discovery/Validation intensive session with a large corporation serious about Customer Development at my ranch on the California Coast.

My last session was with a passionate, smart, entrepreneurial team from a Fortune 100 company. (And if I told you who they were I'd have to kill you.) ...